sportsday. a quick reminder before we clock off tonight — kick off between wales and moldova takes place in 45 minutes. wales third in their world cup qualifying group are hoping to close the gap between serbia and the republic of ireland — we'll update you on that score and the rest of the sport through the evening on bbc news. have a great evening. the pace has stepped up of the exodus of rohingya muslims from mynamar, crossing the border into bangladesh, in recent days. they say they're fleeing violence from mynamar army units, with at least 400 people having been killed. in the past hour, the un secretary general antonio guterres, says there was a real risk of ethnic cleansing. he also said a plan must be put in place to give the rohingyas nationality or legal status. nearly 125,000 people, victims of

unbearable suffering and desperation, have sought refuge in bangladesh. many people have lost their lives trying to flee the violence. and the grievances and resulting plight of the rohingya have lasted for far too long. it is becoming an undeniable factor in destabilisation in the region. i have officially written to the president of the security council to express my concern and various steps to end the violence and address the underlying causes of the crisis. the international community must undertake concerted efforts to prevent undertake concerted efforts to p reve nt a ny undertake concerted efforts to prevent any further escalation and to seek a realistic solution. the authorities in myanmar must take determined action to put an end to this vicious cycle of violence and

provide security and assistance to all of those in need. i urge them to ensure unhindered humanitarian access to life—saving operations. at the same time it is no longer possible to delay and effective action plan to address the root causes of the crisis. it will be crucial to give the muslims in the area either nationality or, at least for now, a legal status which allows them a normal life, including freedom of movement and access to labour markets, education and health services. the un general secretary there. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has outlined her legislative programme at holyrood, confirming her government will scrap the 1% cap on public sector pay rises next year. she told the scottish parliament that the rate of inflation would dictate pay increases. let's cross to over to holyrood and our scotland political correspondent, glenn campbell. police officers and firefighters

deserve a fairer dealfor police officers and firefighters deserve a fairer deal for the future, they need to recruit the stuff that public services depend on in this approach. they will aim to secure pay rises from next year that are affordable and reflect the real—life circumstances that public services face and the contribution they make to the overall prosperity of the country. the first minister speaking at holyrood. let's cross to over to holyrood and our scotland political correspondent, glenn campbell. how will the snp pay for this increasing public sector wage rises? she will have to do it from the budget that the scottish government has at its disposal. although, she also said today that she is going to publish a series of papers to inform debate about the future structure of income tax in scotland. that is now set by the scottish government and

the option of changing the rates and bounds in a way that could generate more cash. but for much of the decade, across the uk that have either been freezes on public sector pay or, for the last number of yea rs, pay or, for the last number of years, a 1% cap on the increases that are allowable. from next year, that are allowable. from next year, that will not apply in scotland but what the first minister has not said is exactly by how much nurses, firefighters, police officers and others will expect their pay to rise as she also said in her speech that any increases would have to be affordable. in other words they would have to be within the available budget for the government here. so quite possibly tax rises? well, that is one possibility. as i say, income tax rates and bands and a holyrood control. there was a debate in the last budget with the conservatives arguing that there

should not be taxes in scotland higher than those in the rest of the uk but other opposition parties were urging the snp to use these powers to put up rates of income tax as a way of generating more money to invest in public services. what we had today from nicola sturgeon was a blizzard of announcements across the areas for which she is responsible. she said education reform would remaina she said education reform would remain a top priority with an education bill to try and give more powers and more discretion to headteachers. there would also be big justice reforms, there will be controversial changes to sentences to less than one year, and tackling child poverty. 0verall today she is trying to answer her critics and opposition parties who said that for yea rs opposition parties who said that for years she has been too focused on achieving independence for scotland and she has let slip the so—called

dayjob, the and she has let slip the so—called day job, the bread—and—butter and she has let slip the so—called dayjob, the bread—and—butter issues for which she is responsible. today was a determined effort to say that she has refocused and is now entirely focused on those issues, like education, health and justice reform. and briefly she leads a minority party, it's an ambitious agenda. will she be able to get the votes that she needs an holyrood to get these three? she needs a minority government but she only needs a couple of people to abstain 01’ needs a couple of people to abstain or the backing of one party to get things through. looking at the range of measures that she is suggesting today she probably has backing from one side of the chamber or another for most of the key proposals she put forward. glen campbell at holyrood, thank you. time for a look at the weather, louise lear has all of the details... i will be down speaking to clive in 15 minutes with the latest update on what is happening with hurricane alma. it

continues to strengthen, sustained winds of 185 miles per hour —— irma. a category five hurricane, it is enormous. the strongest winds ever recorded from a category five is 190 mph. you can see the strength of that storm, and it looks likely to make landfall close to the leeward islands, close to antigua during the early hours of wednesday morning. it could potentially bring catastrophic damage. more from me in 15 minutes and in the next few days on the news channel, and live on the bbc weather centre updates as well. closer to home, things are quieter. there was heavy rain, localised flooding in parts of north—east england. as you can see by this weather watchers picture in the north—west, there is a lot of surface water on the roads for some time but things were quieten overnight. the rain clears

through the south—east overnight. the wind is picking up, that will introduce fresh air across the country that we had been talking about. it may continue to feed cloud and showers across west facing coasts. 0vernight into single figures, sitting at seven or 8 degrees. we start off on a slightly more chilly note in comparison to the last few days. there will be some sunshine and it will be breezy and that will continue to feed cloud in along the west and it runs the risk of some isolated showers. by the afternoon, temperatures peaked at 1a-20d, the afternoon, temperatures peaked at 14—20d, highest values in the south—east with the best of the sunshine here. wednesday into thursday, things turn increasingly windy and wet across northern ireland and much of scotland through the day, try and breezy further south but unfortunately, this cloud and rain in the north—west is an area of low pressure, sweeping south and east, and it will bring rainfall

of us during the day on friday. in fa ct, of us during the day on friday. in fact, it could lingerfor some of us during the day on friday. in fact, it could linger for some time on friday. a miserable day with blustery showers following. the weekend starts on a relatively quiet note, a good deal to start with, let's hope it stays like that for the rest of the weekend. more details from me through the evening. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00pm: four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. they are alleged to be members of national action — a banned neo—nazi group. ayeeshia—jayne smith, who was 21—months—old, was murdered by her mother three years ago. now a serious case review says social workers failed to spot the toddler was being abused by her mother. south korea puts on a show of strength after pyongyang's latest missile test. russia's president putin says the west's military stand—off threatens a global catastrophe. hurricane irma is reclassified as ‘extremely dangerous',

a category five storm, as it heads towards the caribbean and the southern united states. in the next hour: danish toymaker lego announces its to cut 1,400 jobs worldwide. 900 of the jobs to go will be in the uk — the company blames falling sales and profits.